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How to Pave the Road to Hell
Episode 584
So you want to help people? That’s great — but beware the law of unintended consequences. Three stories from the modern workplace.
SOURCES:Joshua An…
1 year, 10 months ago
Extra: The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution (Update)
The psychologist Daniel Kahneman — a Nobel laureate and the author of Thinking, Fast and Slow — recently died at age 90. Along with his collaborator …
1 year, 10 months ago
Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?
Episode 495
People who are good at their jobs routinely get promoted into bigger jobs they’re bad at. We explain why firms keep producing incompetent managers — …
1 year, 11 months ago
583. Are We Living Through the Most Revolutionary Period in History?
Episode 583
Fareed Zakaria says yes. But it’s not just political revolution — it’s economic, technological, even emotional. He doesn’t offer easy solutions but h…
1 year, 11 months ago
Extra: How Much Do You Know About Immigration?
The political debates over immigration can generate a lot of fuzzy facts. We wanted to test Americans’ knowledge — so, to wrap up our special series …
1 year, 11 months ago
582. Why Is Everyone Moving to Canada?
Episode 582
As the U.S. tries to fix its messy immigration system, our neighbor to the north is scooping up more talented newcomers every year. Are the Canadians…
1 year, 11 months ago
581. What Both Parties Get Wrong About Immigration
Episode 581
The U.S. immigration system is a massively complicated machine, with a lot of worn-out parts. How to fix it? Step one: Get hold of some actual facts …
1 year, 11 months ago
Extra: Madeleine Albright’s Warning on Immigration
She arrived in the U.S. as an 11-year-old refugee, then rose to become Secretary of State. Her views on immigration, nationalism, and borders, from t…
1 year, 11 months ago
580. The True Story of America’s Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System
Episode 580
How did a nation of immigrants come to hate immigration? We start at the beginning, sort through the evidence, and explain why your grandfather was l…
1 year, 11 months ago
579. Are You Caught in a Social Media Trap?
Episode 579
Economists have discovered an odd phenomenon: many people who use social media (even you, maybe?) wish it didn’t exist. But that doesn’t mean they ca…
2 years ago